(Belated) Happy Captain Picard Day!

[danceswithwords]

No, really! (Also, I apparently fail at reading a calendar.)

I have things to say about work right now, but they can mostly be summed up by: "RRRAAAAAAARRRR." But my stomach has finally stopped doing weird things after a week, so that's good.

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Comments

[kernezelda]

I read Re-Genesis a few months back, and while it was...interesting, I felt it wandered somewhat afield of Cyteen's premise - as if Cherry had not thoroughly re-read her own previous novel. Characterization in some cases felt inconsistent, especially as it was set within days of Cyteen's end. So while I mostly enjoyed it, there were aspects that felt off, and will keep me from adding it to the bookshelf beside its predecessor.

[danceswithwords]

That's disappointing, but not that surprising. One of the things I'm enjoying so much about Cyteen is that for a sprawling story, it's narratively very tight and compact. But I will probably have to check it out from the library, since I am very attached to the characters and the world by now.

[molly_may]

And a Happy Captain Picard Day to you as well! I almost don't want to jinx it by saying anything, but I have a co-worker who volunteers for the D*C Trek Track who told me that they are in talks with Patrick Stewart's agent to bring him to the con this year. So, fingers crossed.

An Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

I haven't read this and I'm sure it's wonderful, but I have a completely irrational dislike of it based on the fact that a few days after it won the Booker prize I was chewed out by a customer who was angry that we only had two copies in the store and that we had no display up proclaiming that it had just won the Booker. I had to physically restrain myself from yelling at her that she and I were most likely the only two people in the store who even knew what the Booker Prize was, much less cared about what title had won.

[danceswithwords]

Fingers crossed indeed. Getting both Nimoy and Stewart would be quite a coup for the Trek Trak.

Why are your customers always so annoying?!? I mean no disrespect to your employer, but they know who their customers are, and yeah.

[molly_may]

Why are your customers always so annoying?!?

As you might imagine, I have asked myself that very question many times.

[cindergal]

Have you seen the film of No Country For Old Men? I've seen the film, but not read the book.

[danceswithwords]

I have not! I tend to read McCarthy specifically for the language, so while I know it won a bunch of awards, it hadn't occurred to me to seek it out. Maybe I should do that? I'd be interested to see another interpretation of Chigurh.

[cindergal]

I found Javier Bardem very compelling as Chigurh, so it might be worth your while.